The Kelp Node
Building on international initiatives, including the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, a cross-boundary (US - Canada) network of kelp practitioners, including First Nations stewards, researchers, managers, policy makers, educators, and citizen scientists, is emerging in the Pacific Northwest. This network is called ‘The Kelp Node’, and is a critical network node for marine biodiversity in the region under the Ocean Decade endorsed Northeast Pacific Biodiversity Action Network (BioActNet).
People have been wanting to make their kelp work more meaningful by connecting to others along the North American West Coast. The Kelp Node is the emerging catalyst for sharing, brainstorming, and launching new transboundary projects.
~ Hilary Hayford, Habitat Research Director, Puget Sound Restoration Fund
The Kelp Node aims to:
Advance kelp conservation, management, and recovery in the transboundary waters of British Columbia (Canada) and Washington (USA) by implementing and expanding collective actions for kelp; and,
Serve as a forum for communicating about and organizing relevant research activities.
Kelp Node Working Groups are structured by clusters of actions that will form the basis for knowledge exchange, data collation, novel research, and policy advances.
For more information, visit the Kelp Node website.
